diff -ur a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py	2019-08-17 14:23:16.000000000 +0300
+++ b/setup.py	2019-11-17 15:33:44.243070851 +0300
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
                       ("share/mime-info", ["linux/cherrytree.mime", "linux/cherrytree.keys"]),
                       ("share/application-registry", ["linux/cherrytree.applications"]),
                       ("share/metainfo", ["linux/cherrytree.appdata.xml"]),
-                      ("share/man/man1", ["linux/cherrytree.1.gz"])
+                      ("share/man/man1", ["linux/cherrytree.1"])
                    ],
        cmdclass={
             'build': BuildData,
@@ -205,4 +205,3 @@
           },
        distclass=CherryTreeDist
     )
-    subprocess.call("update-desktop-database")